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VOLUME 53 — NO 18
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK WHAT IS A MOTHER? A mother can be almost any size or any age, but she won't admit to anything over thirty. A, mother has soft hands and smells good. A mother likes new dresses, music, a clean house, her children's kisses, an automatic washer and daddy. A mother doesn't like muddy feet, having her children sick, temper tantrums, loud noise, or bad report cards. A mother can read a thermometer (much to the amazement of daddy) and like magic, can kiss a hurt away. A mother can bake good cakes and pies but likes to see her children eat vegetables. A mother can stuff a fat baby into a snow suit in seconds and can kiss little sad faces and make them smile. A mother is underpaid, has long hours and gets very little rest. She worries too much about her children, but she says she doesn't mind it at all. And no matter how old her children are, she still likes to think of them as her little babies. She is the guardian angel of the family, the queen, the tender hand of love. A mother is the best friend anyone ever has. A mother is love—God bless her. Sunday, May 9th. is Mother's Day, when each of us will honor the best mother in the world, our own Mother. The official observance of Mother's
MOTHER'S COUNSEL "Twos thus the mother used to speak: "My son, be gracious to the weak, And never turn from need away For fear you'll need yourself, some day." "Twas this the mother used to tell: "My son, go soon where sorrows dwell, On earth the bitter anguish know Is sitting down to weep alone." Twas this the mother used to say: "My son, be generous while you may, For poverty's worst pang to bear Is having nothing left to share." "Twas thus, when I was at her knee The gentle mother counseled me, And now with shame my cheeks grow hot To think how ofen I forgot.
Day in America was begun in 1907 by Miss Ann Jarvis. She urged that the white carnation, a flower denoting purity and love, be worn in honor of Mothers. Nowadays the flowers are usually given to Mother, rather than the children wearing them. Each family has its own way of honoring Mom, some with gifts, tokens of love, and others with extra special deeds, such as breakfast in bed for the lady of the house. But of all things we do, there are very few oil us who would ever think about displaying a flag on Mother's Day. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation designating the second Sonday in May as Mother's Day, in accordance with a joint resolution of Congress, he called upon government aqicials to display the United iStates flag on all government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their home or other suitable place on the second Sunday in May as a public exoression Of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country. To the best of my knowledge Woodrow Wilson was the only President that issued a Mother's Day Proclamation, but families throughout the country adopted the custom and seemed eager to make it a traditional event, even though they did not continue the practice of displaying flags. There are a great many "gifting"